Dividend Opportunity Fund

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Investment Approach

The portfolio manager seeks to identify undervalued dividend-paying companies with a focus on changes to return on invested capital (ROIC). The team employs a fundamental research process that incorporates bottom-up, company-specific research and industry-level analysis to seek a potential improvement in ROIC not yet anticipated by the market.

Risk Management

Our team limits exposure to individual companies, industries and sectors, seeking to limit volatility through company quality and diversification. Risk Management Overview

We conduct rigorous fundamental research to identify individual companies with asymmetrical risk/return opportunities. Risk Management Overview

At the portfolio level, our experienced investment personnel closely monitor the strategy's positioning, and the active risk resulting from our security selection process and sector allocations. We evaluate factor and style exposure, as well as the ownership and liquidity profile of each security in the portfolio. Risk Management Overview

Our team proactively manages risk by constructing diversified portfolios across sectors, industry groups and securities. We manage, monitor and limit sector weights relative to specified benchmarks and security position sizes within each portfolio. Risk Management Overview

Our team closely monitors position size and sector weights; we have limits on active security weights against the benchmark for each strategy we manage. Risk Management Overview

Risk is managed at the portfolio, strategy and security levels to identify diversified sources of alpha. We mainly focus on currency, interest rates and credit. Positions are sized and monitored according to established limits. Risk Management Overview

We focus primarily on senior loans in an effort to maintain product integrity and limit duration risk. Risk Management Overview

The team manages risk at both a strategy and individual security level to help ensure that, when combined, they act as the ballast in an investor’s overall portfolio. Risk Management Overview

Risk is managed at the portfolio, strategy and security levels to identify diversified sources of alpha. We seek to identify primary and secondary risks of each investment. Diversification of sectors can potentially reduce volatility. Risk Management Overview

The team manages risk by administering duration limits, limiting portfolio weighted average maturity and conducting thorough credit analysis on individual securities. Risk Management Overview

The Rochester team has created diverse portfolios designed to mitigate the types of risks that municipal bond investors may encounter. Risk Management Overview

The Commodities team manages risk on multiple levels, including individual commodity sector levels and overall fund level. Risk Management Overview

The Real Estate team monitors and manages risk at the security, sector and strategy levels. Risk Management Overview

The Global Multi-Asset Group monitors and manages risk on an ongoing basis, both at the asset class and portfolio levels. Risk Management Overview

We emphasize capital preservation by avoiding companies that may cut distributions. We seek to build diversified portfolios comprised of energy and energy related companies with attractive risk-adjusted total return potential. Risk Management Overview

The Alternative Strategies team evaluates risk on multiple levels, applying numerous risk analysis methods on an ongoing basis in addition to assessing risk impacts of a position prior to making investment decisions. Risk Management Overview

Risk is monitored by quantitative risk system and managed at many levels – stock, sector, country, and style factors. We seek to diversify the portfolio across the global listed infrastructure market and adhere to an established risk framework, including constraints imposed by position limits versus a benchmark. Risk Management Overview

We monitor and manage both security and sector weights to the underlying index to ensure that the portfolio is properly tracking its benchmark. Also, partnering with well-known index providers ensures that we hold only high quality securities that pass very stringent profitability and liquidity screens. Risk Management Overview